captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, and in hd, this is abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. we are trying to beat the heat again today. we might not break any records but a lower 90's are not a real

break. good afternoon, everyone. i am hour -- i am alison starling. let's get more from brian van de graaff. >> it has to be three days to be a key way. outside, we have temperatures that are starting to warm up nicely. we have a bed of haze hanging across the city. the weatherbug network is showing us what is happening. it will not be as toasty as yesterday but it will still be on the one side. -- warm side .side. s'right now.right noow l ouw.if you factor in at heat index, it feels like 107 degrees. we will look for a couple thunderstorms to develop this afternoon.

that will call for scattered showers and thunderstorms with a potential for some of them to be heavy. we had a few last night. it will close down tomorrow and look ahead to the rest of the weekend weekend in a few minutes. because of the heat, montgomery count fy will beresne at all of their county pools. this is from 6:00 until 9:00 tonight. if you want to forecast any time, you can always log onto wjla.com. the attributes are pouring in for eunice kennedy shriver. she died early this morning. person says her body was week at the end. her heart was strong. it was abundantly fall. she was known for being more than just part of the kennedy clan. she founded the special olympics. >> at the headquarters in northwest washington, one lone flower sets of the base of eunice kennedy shriver's total.

one of her olympians, now a board member, says she changed his life and countless others. >> she did not build houses. she changed people's attitude. >> there is sadness here but also a celebration of accomplishment. >> well done. >> she founded the special olympics back in 1968. she told winning by your efforts is better than any gain. >> don't keep them away from something that can change their lives and give them a new vision. >> she was the fifth of nine children. her sister was mentally disabled. she was a living prayer. one nephew said it was eunice kennedy shriver who should have

been president. she and not her brothers was the most impressive figure in the family. >> because she had such a drive. she was so committed. she really was a tireless, fearsome advocate for this cause. >> there was still -- there is still work to do and that is why she stayed involved with special olympics to the end. >> i learned from her that if we listen, we can get a lot of things done. >> she was teaching lessons that will carry long beyond her 88 years. also today, president barack obama will be hosting a town hall meeting on his health-care overhaul plan in about one hour from now. if recent congressional town halls are any indication, the president could meet with a hostile crowd. courtney robinson shows us what is behind the trauma. >> how dare you? >> it is coming out of my paycheck. >> angry outbursts protests and democrats

say misinformation nationwide over the health care reform bill. >> let me start by dispelling the outlandish roomers that reform will promotes euthanasia. that is simply not true. >> the legislation has many people confuse the democrats blame that on the republicans. some say they are operating a scare campaign. -- smear campaign. it involves doctors talking with patients about end of life care. >> hitler called his program the final solution. i wonder what we will call ours. >> the white house says the legislation allow not requires elderly patients to consult with a doctor on that issue. the euthanasia statements have health care form supporters working furiously to stop public anxiety. they are using town hall meetings, now -- no matter how much of tempers flare.

to get their message and the facts across. >> it now seems there is an intentional effort to distort what is in the legislation. that is confusing the public debate. >> president barack obama has two more town hall meetings scheduled for later this week. if the meetings we have seen are any indication, he will have a lot of explaining to do. even though it appears the financial system has now stabilized, banks are still threatened by bad loans. a congressional oversight panel says banks still hold billions of dollars in risky loans. it's as more banks could fail if unemployment rises sharply or the commercial real-estate market collapses. the panel says that many of the obama administration's stability efforts are working. the chesapeake bay bridge needs safety improvements. aaa mid-atlantic applauds maryland transportation officials for strengthening the jersey walls after the deadly crash last year. they say there should be a

barrier when two-way traffic shares once banned. a semi truck driver plunged into the waters after colliding with a sleepy drivers. aaa says 70% of fatal crashes on th is a two- is a two-way trafficsi lver spring man has been edar arestedndndrgha with murdering his wife. lice say the 48-year-old d fewiuring an argumentfe night. night. heas w she was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. he is now facing first-degree murder charges. he is being held without bond. police in leesburg are investating every man was apparently mauled to death by his own dogs. he was dead inside is home yesterday after a relative asked officers to check on him. friends tell us the victim was carter delaney.

police found two pit bulls and the remains of a smaller dog. >> did the dogs attack the small dog? did the male try to intervene? we are treating it as an official death. -- as a suspicious death. >> police think the man was attacked when he tried to break up a fight. autopsy results are pending. the two pit bulls are being held a loudoun county animal shelter. metro is now ordering mandatory safety training for field workers. it is suspending some plants may not work after a track repair man died on the job on sunday night. metro also began safety meetings this week with plans to review its policies and increase the number of safety checks during a network. the worker was killed was a 63- year-old. he was a 21-year veteran of metro. he was hit by a ballast regulator which was laying gravel along the tracks in vienna. metro officials say the equipment was working fine at the time.

he was well-known in his silver spring ever where neighbors considered him a friend. >> he was very gentle, kind, neighborly. >> his children called me. when i found that it was him, i was devastated. >> metro says he had been working as a spotter, who job is to remove gravel from circuits or boards in the track bed. officials are investigating what may have led to this accident. metro is also trying to figure elway 10-car train was allowed to leave a rail yard. the extra long train left the greenbelt station on july 31. a passenger later told a train operator about the extra cars. workers who prepared the train were tested for drugs and alcohol. one tested positive for drugs. that worker is now on unpaid leave. still to come, what did the mayor for life think about the new documentary on his life?

he sits down with sam ford. >> it u.s. my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i will not be channeling my husband. >> some say all less than plomatic response from the top diplomat. what got hillary clinton so he did?

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welcome back. we are now hearing the 911 calls after last weekend's deadly matter collision over new york's a ton river. >> 911 operator, what is your emergency? >> i think someone went down the hudson river. >> as divers prepare to raise the wreckage of that plane

involved in the collision, there are more calls for restrictions on the air space over the river. pilots can now operate without direction from air traffic control. >> the hudson river flight traffic must not continue to be the wild west. >> belpre in -- the planes -- the plane's pilot made a decision to go over the river. the obama administration's texting while driving summit may be bigger than expected. the event which is expected to take place september 30 and october 1, will be two days instead of one. it will also be held at a washington hotel instead of the trsportation department to accommodate the hundreds of people who are expected to attend hillary clinton is in the condo. -- condo. after meeting with the congolese

president, she said the country should protect its citizens especially from gender-based violence and not the soldiers who commit the crimes. it was a question at a town hall yesterday that really separate off. -- set her off. >> it happened at a press conference in the congo. she thought she was being asked for her husband's opinion on foreign policy. an interpreter had mistakenly translated a student's question. >> what does mr. clinton think, through the of mouth of mrs. clinton? >> the look on her face betrayed the fact that she was not pleased. >> you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. >> in case that was not clear -- >> if you ask my opinion i will tell you my opinion. i will not be channeling my husband. >> understood but despite smiles, a raw nerve had been

exposed. mrs. clinton + better have has recently been getting good press after his successful mission to secure the release of two american journalists detained in north korea. he was the center of attention of the day her own trip started. >> i had a very brief conversation with my husband. we did not go into the details of some of the questions that you are asking. >> another question is whether her husband's shadow hurts her or makes it harder to shine. >> if your secretary of state and someone asks you about your husband's view of something, i think any woman would be likely to be upset. >> the messenger petition was cleared up. the student had wanted to ask what president barack obama thought, not mr. clinton. the disict is now in the running to host the 2014 gay games. the host of a rally last night

to push s bid for the zero olympic-style games. this year, it was in australia. they would bring 12,000 athletes and 80,000 visitors to the host cities. that decision will be made in two months. marion barry is weighing in on a new documentary about his life. it is called, "the nine lives of marion barry." it looks at his long career as a public figure from several rights act to vest to mayor who fell from grace. it also shows the good and does not spare the bad. he cooperated with the film makers because he won a legacy > an arrest in a drug sting. >> he is articulate, he is handsome, he was an inspirational leader and i did not know that side of marion barry. i only knew the scandal. i know what most people in america know, that he smoked crack. >> i don't want to be portrayed as a person who does not care

about people and takes cocaine. it takes a slice of my life and tries to show me as more than just that. >> of the movie premiered in silver spring last month and made its small screen debut on hbo last night. delaware man wishes he wishes -- which is to pick on someone his own size. the 23-year-old stalled a purse with only two dollars in a from a 3-year-old girl waiting in line in a delicatessen in wilmington. he ran away but was caught at a barbershop. investigators say they have not recovered the purse and the child is very upset. general motors showed off its new chevrolet volt. the rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon in city driving. it is the first to break triple digits in fuel efficiency. it is powered by electric motor. a small gas engine kicks in.

it is due in showrooms of november, 2010. turn our attention to the weather. we keep talking about the heat. you say today is a break but not when you can't feel it. >> we have a better chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. if we get those, that will help cool it off. tomorrow will be back in the 80's. the humidity will go down, slowly. it is moderation. we have our storms can because there are a couple of storms off to our request. they are coming through cleveland and here, pennsylvania. there are also showers starting to fire up from northwest -- southwest virginia. let's see what it looks like outside, live, from our hd

we have a camera ooting out az haz the sun came up this morning and there were a few clouds early this morning we are going partly cloudy into the afternoon. 90 degrees in manassas. when you factor that timidity in, it feels like 95 in huntingtown. we go to the maps and we look at some other numbers and that is the cooler air to the north and west chicago is at 75 degrees and minneapolis is at 76. the cooler air is trying to go south. tomorrow, we will be in the mid- 80's. yesterday was 97 degrees and the record was 98 so it was not a

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there are renewed calls for a passenger's bill of rights after passengers experienced a real flying nightma. continental express flight 2816 from houston to minneapolis was diverted to rochester, minnesota because of bad weather. passengers ended up spending the night on the plane with no food, one drink, and a cloud bathroom. they made it to minneapolis but not until the next morning. passengers were told they could not get off the plane because the security seeners had gone home. >> the passengers certainly could have come to the terminal building at any time. >> the passenger's bill of rights would require airports and airplanes to have plans for getting passengers off the plane if they are stuck on board longer than three hours. sounds awful. washington, d.c. my not be

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